J.W. Marriott Jr.
FILE - This Wednesday, March 23, 2016, file photo, shows a sign at a Marriott Hotel in Richmond, Va. Marriott International named a new CEO and a new president Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021, a little more than a week after its former leader died of cancer. Marriott said Anthony “Tony” Capuano has been appointed CEO. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)
Marriott names Anthony Capuano new CEO, president

Feb. 23, 2021 10:22 AM EST

FILE - In this Dec. 19, 2012, file photo, Marriott CEO Arne Sorenson speaks during a groundbreaking ceremony for a Marriott hotel in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Sorenson, who grew the company into the world’s largest hotel chain and later steered it through the coronavirus pandemic, has died, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021. Sorenson was the third CEO in Marriott’s 93-year history, and the first without the Marriott surname. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery, File)
Marriott CEO Sorenson, 62, dies of pancreatic cancer

By Dee-Ann Durbin Feb. 16, 2021 11:46 AM EST